Motorola Mulls Breakup, Phone Unit Sale
February 1st, 2008 By DAVE CARPENTER, AP Business Writer
Motorola\'s new line of MOTORAZR2's are seen in this Sept. 12, 2007, file photo in New York. Less than two years past the most successful stretch in its 80-year history, Motorola Inc. is considering a sale or spinoff its now free-falling cell phone business. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
(AP) -- Less than two years past the most successful stretch in its 80-year history, Motorola Inc. is considering a sale or spinoff its now free-falling cell phone business. Even a breakup of the troubled company may not head off another proxy fight with billionaire financier Carl Icahn.
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